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Asia Center Students' Photo Competition 2026
The Asia Center welcome photo submissions for our annual Students Photo Competition 2026. If you have Asia-related photographs from study abroad or other travel, please submit them here. All submissions will be broadcasted during the Welcome Party on September 3, 2026 at 3:00 pm and attendees will be able to vote on their three favorite submissions during the reception. You and your colleagues are welcome to attend. Student-photographers will secure eternal artistic fame by having their work featured at the Center, and prizes will be awarded to the creators of the top three entries. Participants may submit up to two photos each, and we request that they be in the form of a JPEG, PDF, or PNG.
Deadline to submit: Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm.
Asia Center Students' Photo Competition 2025
We have received 2 dozen photos for our 2025 Student Photo Competition showcasing ASU students' travel pictures and creativity. To view these photos via google slides, please click on the link below. Thank you to everyone who submitted photos and thank you to our faculty and staff who supported this program.
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Sage Family Southeast Asian Studies Scholarship
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Sage Family Southeast Asian Studies Scholarship
The purpose of the scholarship is to support travel and study abroad in Laos and/or any of the following countries: Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It is uniquely available to undergraduate students at Arizona State University. The Sage Family Southeast Asian Studies Scholarship is a tribute to William W. Sage’s interest in and lifelong work in Laos and Southeast Asia and is provided in loving memory and honor of his parents, Lloyd G. and Twyla M. Sage.
For more information, please click here.
Amount
$4,000
The Kindness of Color: The Story of Two Families by Janice Munemitsu
This lecture was a part of the two-day event, "The Incarceration of Japanese-Americans in Arizona: Perspectives, Reflections, Afterlives." Hosted by the Asia Center, the Desert Humanities Initiatives, the Public History Program, the School of International Letters and Cultures, and the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University, this event took place on Thursday, Feb. 15th and Friday, Feb 16th. This presentation was provided by Janice Munemitsu, focusing on the Japanese American Incarceration & School Desegregation of the 1940s. To access the video: please click here.
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